History Lecture Series

Truth and Power: The Origins and Influence of Gandhi’s Ideas of Nonviolence

Wed. Jan 10, 2018 7:30–9 p.m.

Kane Hall 130

Anand Yang, Professor of History and International Studies, UW

Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) is an iconic historical leader whose life and philosophies continue to resonate with the modern world. Trace the development of Gandhi’s legacy through his life and times in colonial India, as we discover his worldwide impact on the late twentieth century and beyond

Anand Yang began his career specializing in South Asian History, specifically relating to colonial India. In recent years, his interests have become more comparative and global, involving India, China and other regions of Asia as well as the rest of the world. He teaches South Asian and world history classes at the undergraduate and graduate levels at the Department of History, as well as policy-related classes in the Jackson School — most recently a Task Force class on global poverty and another on food politics. His next project concerns the North Indian labor diaspora to countries in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, the Caribbean and Southeast Asia.

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